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Law and religion have always been very close and today this reality is no different. With the growing advance of the so-called "Evangelical Benches", society's major issues have reached another level of discussion and debate. Surrounded by dogmas and paradigms, religion and religiosity have been part of society since primitive times, and human beings have manifested their spirituality in different ways over time. On the other hand, the legislative houses have received an increasing number of parliamentarians of public religious confession, which has brought up a very old debate: Should religious people participate in a political career? Is the exercise of religious office compatible with political office? Is the participation of a "religious caucus" in legislative houses healthy for democracy? This book discusses these and other issues, starting with the origin of law, the interference of religion in its development, its role in the development of society, rights and the secularity of the state in the face of the need to regulate religious matters, as well as discussing the role of religious freedom in the face of minority rights.

This paper aims to reflect on the current situation of European countries, post-migration of refugees and the demographic war they are experiencing, bringing the historical contextualisation of the Middle East, as well as the current European political situation. Combining this with the perspective of more modern Public International Law, interfacing with Human Rights, International Relations and International Cooperation.

Mobile mapping systems allow the capture of geospatial data by one or more moving sensors. They are classified as airborne, terrestrial or portable, depending on their platform, and necessarily have positioning and navigation components, as well as registration and synchronization. In general, most systems consist of four main elements: an integration platform, a central computer that acts as the brain of the system, a power supply and an installation structure, which provides the physical support necessary to mount the integration platform to the vehicle. Analyzing these components, we studied the equipment released for sale from 2017 to the present, their standardized workflow and which quality measures could ensure compliance with the specifications of a project's specifications.From their conception to their introduction in the geospatial industry, these systems have been employed in the documentation of urban areas due to the high efficiency and speed they provide for massive data capture.

In the face of uncertainty and global changes, educational innovation emerges from the perseverance of all teachers involved in appreciating their professional practice as a legitimate act of what it means to be a teacher and its scope in any action of social relevance. The theoretical and methodological value is combined to put into practice all that knowledge, which from the results of the research, transcends the professional practice as an inherent aspect of decision making, problem solving and creativity for the development of education. Thus, from the perspective of technology and didactics, a series of dissertations and innovative, pertinent and assertive proposals to intervene in contexts of vulnerability are materialized, which propitiates a process of construction of systematic actions from a scientific representation, for the construction of new learning, through a genuine form of interaction and relationship between subjects. Throughout the text, alternatives for continuous improvement are integrated, an aspect that seeks to investigate, guide and delineate from educational innovation and its own actors.

It is a difficult task to unite Kierkegaard's diversity. There are notably two risks in this operation. The first is that of categorising an unclassifiable author. Too philosophical for theologians and too theological for philosophers, Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) doesn't seem to fit in easily, even if we use a tour de force. The Dane escapes attempts at classification, and escapes in a meticulously calculated way, which ends up allowing him to be frequented by philosophers and theologians, as well as artists, writers of literature and even film directors. The second risk is that, by avoiding systematisation, you lose yourself in the Kierkegaardian labyrinth, playing the game of pseudonyms, and indeed that of the Danish author himself. In other words, the risk here is that, in trying to capture him by using an academic commentary, we end up allowing him to "slip through our fingers" once again, so to speak. In view of this, this work reflects on how Kierkegaard articulates the singular Individual, the Multitude and ethics.

Contamination of soil and groundwater can pose a risk to human health and ecosystems. For this reason, many techniques have been applied to remediate these areas in order to restore natural characteristics as closely as possible. One of these is in-situ chemical oxidation. This technique consists of applying an oxidizer that reacts directly with the contaminants present in the underground environment. As there is a great deal of chemical interaction, knowledge of both the soil, through good chemical and physical methods, and the reagent is indispensable if the expected result is to be achieved.

The aim of this research is to identify the impacts generated by the implementation of micro- and macro-drainage works on the Mutum canal. Given the transformations that have been taking place, from spatial relations to the valorization of the surrounding areas. This research aims to demonstrate what kind of transformations and forms of appropriation this structure has brought about. In this way, the aim is to measure the transformations that have taken place in space, the changes that have occurred at a socio-spatial level and what kind of speculation has been caused by the development. To this end, three actions will be carried out: firstly, to characterize the socio-economic profile and identify the transformations that took place in the neighbourhood during the implementation of the project. Secondly, to verify how the process of appropriation of the neighborhood took place. And finally, to observe the short- and long-term impacts caused by the appropriation of this area by the public authorities.

Pork is currently the most consumed meat in the world, with Brazil being the fourth largest producer. The aim of this paper was to study the relationship between the price paid to pork producers by analyzing the prices of live pigs paid to producers in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. The aim was to compare the differences and behavior between the production matrices of these two states in order to explain the behavior of the prices paid to producers. The results showed that the average prices paid to producers in Rio Grande do Sul have historically been higher than the prices paid to producers in Santa Catarina. Using the Granger Causality Test, Impulse Response Function and Variance Decomposition, it can be concluded that the prices paid to integrated pig producers in Santa Catarina in the past influence the formation of prices paid to independent pig producers in Rio Grande do Sul in the present, while the prices paid to independent producers in Rio Grande do Sul in the past influence the formation of prices paid to producers in Santa Catarina.

This book is the result of academic research carried out in 2009, which aimed to analyse the situation of error in the teaching-learning process, based on the conceptions of primary school science teachers, based on the epistemologies of Gaston Bachelard and Jean Piaget. In this work, we adopted a concept of error based on these two epistemologies, which have a sense of cognitive growth, achieving, respectively, both the progress of science and of the human intellect. The research used the hermeneutic-interpretive method to appropriate the theoretical references and a qualitative approach to collect and analyse the data. At the end of the study, we were able to conclude that while teachers understand the importance of error in the process of building knowledge, they still maintain a traditional practice in relation to this element of knowledge building.

The work expressed in the following pages aims to analyse the issues arising from the extrafiscal use of taxes in Brazil and the consequences of this in relation to the constitutional right to property and the principle of non-confiscation, which must be interpreted systematically in conjunction with other constitutional rules. The issue of extrafiscality deserves greater prominence than it has been given, considering its repercussions in the legal-political-economic sphere, especially in times of economic crisis.

Information is currently considered one of an organization's most important assets, mainly because it contributes significantly to the process of developing and implementing strategies. In particular, accounting information is increasingly proving to be an important tool for strategic company management. That said, this study focused on the relationship between accounting information and strategic management in the milk agribusiness sector and aimed to identify the contribution of accounting information to strategic management in a milk and dairy products processing industry in the city of Cajazeiras - PB. To this end, an exploratory and descriptive study was carried out, using an analysis procedure with a qualitative approach. In order to meet the objectives of the study, an interview script was used with open questions addressed to the administrative and accounting sectors of the company. The results obtained showed that elements of strategic management were identified in the industry in question, that accounting information is used in the company and that there are benefits resulting from this use.

Innovative transformation of the smart production process ecosystem characteristics in a specific real estate object into a developed combined supersystem with interconnected subsystems of online control in real time including - energy supply and water treatment modules.The supersystem includes preliminary analysis of long-term forecasts of development of the given field of engineering, technology and relaxation of employees, use of the analysis results to form the process of integration of 44 commercial system criteria for evaluation of a smart real estate object with systems of 40 + 10 criteria and ways of obtaining an ideal final result according to the qualification of the Theory and Algorithm of Inventive Problem Solving.Specificity of design and logistics of construction of the ecosystem of a smart object or real estate complex and its innovative ecosystem components as an autonomous supersystem and incoming autonomous innovative infrastructure subsystems, ensuring its maximum economic efficiency and environmental friendliness of construction and operation processes, with maximum energy and other resources saving.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the largest countries in Central Africa, but also one of the largest French-speaking countries in the world, having gained political independence on June 30, 1960. The country has experienced a number of political regimes, from monarchy to totalitarianism, before finally opting for a democratic system in which power emanates from the people and is exercised for the people.The DRC held its first democratic elections in 2006, followed by those of 2011 and 2018, and these elections have created a need for renewal of the Congolese political class, as the population feels that its aging political class is no longer able to deliver the results expected by the population, hence the massive participation of young people in the last elections.By putting together this manual, we are responding to the questions by guiding any young candidate new to the political arena or the race for elections to take into account c

In France over the last few years, the healthcare sector has seen a pivot in its internal connections. Long stagnant due to a lack of autonomy on the part of individuals, and hamstrung by a procedural administration, it is undergoing a transformation thanks to technological innovations. In this work, we will explain how the advent of the Internet of Things and Big Data is enabling this transformation. Health is giving way to e-health (or digital health), enabling anyone to monitor their own health, and the hospital as we know it is giving way to Hospital 2.0, equipped with the latest technology to save considerable time and transfer information instantly. Despite this fundamental change of direction in shaping the medical industry of the future, there are still certain limits to the data and reliability of connected health devices, creating uncertainty about their use.

Faced with the indifference of society, the media and the state itself, this book presents discussions that refer to female imprisonment for drug trafficking from the perspective of feminist criminology. From this perspective, it focuses on considerations relating to the Theory of Penalty in Brazilian Criminal Law and presents how the custodial sentence is carried out in accordance with the Penal Execution Law (LEP). Likewise, it analyses the Criminal Drugs Policy based on Law 11.343/06 and discusses the causes of women's involvement in drug trafficking, emphasising the influence of emotional relationships. Finally, it deals with the daily life of incarcerated women, introducing Feminist Criminology to the prison segment. In this sense, Feminist Criminology contributes to building the citizenship of women in prison by giving visibility to this social problem through female empowerment and the emancipation of women in society. In short, taking into account the social peculiarities of gender within the prison system means that men and women can be subjected to equal and dignified penal treatment.

Spatial dynamics were analyzed using Landsat TM images from 1990, Landsat ETM+ from 2002, Landsat OLI from 2014 and Landsat OLI from 2021, remote sensing and a geographic information system (GIS), in the Séguéla classified forest in northwest Côte d'Ivoire. The aim of the present study is to determine the land-use types in the Séguéla classified forest, and to analyze the spatio-temporal dynamics of these different land-use types from 1990 to 2021. To do this, a field visit was made to the Séguéla classified forest, based on the color composition of the 2021 Landsat OLI image. Maximum likelihood supervised classification was applied. Three transition matrices were used to highlight the conversions undergone by the different land-use units. Mapping results indicated deforestation rates estimated respectively at 28.75% from 1990 to 2002, 23.46% from 2002 to 2014 and 5.70% from 2014 to 2021.

As a result of this study, the effectiveness of the student assistance programs can be highlighted, given that most of the answers to the questions did not represent weaknesses. In this sense, listening to the voice of the beneficiaries of this program brought to light the importance of disseminating some of the program's information to the community, such as the annual correction of the amounts, reducing bureaucracy in the process, computerization of registration and controls of the programs available to the population, since most students pointed to the internal actions of student assistance for the community as a weakness.

The text analyzes the processes of education in the penitentiary setting, with particular attention to the experiences of Penitentiary University Poles, in order to investigate how the reeducative function that the Italian Penitentiary Order aims to pursue can be implemented through university study. How Penitentiary University Poles can be an opportunity to revitalize the re-educative function of punishment is investigated. In particular, the first two Penitentiary University Poles established in Italy will be analyzed: that of Turin and Prato. Testimonies from teachers in prison and student inmates will also be voiced, stating how these initiatives can open the doors of the prison and allow contamination between inside and outside. The intent is to demonstrate how the antithetical university-prison binomial can take on a liberating role within a space of confinement, allowing inmates to rediscover their role within the complexity of society and strengthen their sense of belonging and citizenship, promoting the personal, social and cultural growth of each individual.

Innovative transformation of the smart production process ecosystem characteristics in a specific real estate object into a developed combined supersystem with interconnected subsystems of online control in real time including - energy supply and water treatment modules.The supersystem includes preliminary analysis of long-term forecasts of development of the given field of engineering, technology and relaxation of employees, use of the analysis results to form the process of integration of 44 commercial system criteria for evaluation of a smart real estate object with systems of 40 + 10 criteria and ways of obtaining an ideal final result according to the qualification of the Theory and Algorithm of Inventive Problem Solving.Specificity of design and logistics of construction of the ecosystem of a smart object or real estate complex and its innovative ecosystem components as an autonomous supersystem and incoming autonomous innovative infrastructure subsystems, ensuring its maximum economic efficiency and environmental friendliness of construction and operation processes, with maximum energy and other resources saving.

Textbook "Rehabilitation of patients with anxiety-depressive disorders" is prepared in accordance with the educational program "Physiotherapy and Medical Rehabilitation" for students studying at the specialty "Medical Business", "Pediatrics", Medical and Psychological Business". In the necessary volume methods of medical rehabilitation are presented: psychotherapy, physical therapy and massage, physiotherapy, aromatherapy, music therapy, some aspects of nutrition. The textbook provides world outlook orientation, contributes to a better understanding of the methods of medical rehabilitation accepted in the country. The book may be useful to clinical residents, physicians interns, physicians psychotherapists, physiotherapists, physicians of general practice.

Innovative transformation of the smart production process ecosystem characteristics in a specific real estate object into a developed combined supersystem with interconnected subsystems of online control in real time including - energy supply and water treatment modules.The supersystem includes preliminary analysis of long-term forecasts of development of the given field of engineering, technology and relaxation of employees, use of the analysis results to form the process of integration of 44 commercial system criteria for evaluation of a smart real estate object with systems of 40 + 10 criteria and ways of obtaining an ideal final result according to the qualification of the Theory and Algorithm of Inventive Problem Solving.Specificity of design and logistics of construction of the ecosystem of a smart object or real estate complex and its innovative ecosystem components as an autonomous supersystem and incoming autonomous innovative infrastructure subsystems, ensuring its maximum economic efficiency and environmental friendliness of construction and operation processes, with maximum energy and other resources saving.

Hypertension causes varying degrees of disability and a reduction in life expectancy. The contribution of occupation as a risk factor in hypertension has been understood to be associated with "psychological factors" or "psychosocial factors" that generate stress. Official statistics do not include informal work, which is increasingly common in Brazil's major capitals. A prevalence study was carried out among street vendors in two areas of the city of Rio de Janeiro: Largo da Carioca and Largo de Machado. The aim of the study was to describe the main social variables of these professionals, measure the blood pressure of these workers and compare the social and physical data of the street vendors and peddlers in the two regions studied. 142 professionals were interviewed. The street vendors had higher blood pressure levels than the street vendors, but this difference was not statistically significant. The difference in blood pressure levels between the two areas was significant p=01639. The odds ratio was 2.275482094.

Although Federal Law No. 7.661/1988 provides that states can legally institute coastal management plans, more than 30 years have passed since that law was enacted and the state of Rio de Janeiro still does not have a specific law on the subject. Bill 216/2011, which aims to establish the Rio de Janeiro State Coastal Management Plan, is currently being processed by the Rio de Janeiro State Legislative Assembly, and it is possible to identify many opportunities for improvement in its text, which could incorporate lessons learned from practical experience of coastal management in Rio de Janeiro and elsewhere. This research assessed the status of implementation of coastal management actions in the state of Rio de Janeiro using the Decalogue for the Management of Coastal Areas. The results of this diagnosis enabled recommendations to be put forward to support a review of Bill 216/2011.

This book aims to investigate David Hestenes' Modeling Theory and its application in physics classes. Modeling Theory considers that people create mental models to plan and to guide their interactions with the real world. However, mental models created from everyday life experiences are generally incompatible with the conceptual models of school. Thus, it is argued that the fundamental problem in learning and understanding in science and mathematics is coordinating mental models with conceptual models. Based on the empirical results, it is possible to conclude that Modelling Theory has important implications for the classroom, especially for organizing subject content around general models, for using different representations to communicate thoughts and actions and for encouraging discussions and debates between groups of students. However, it was found that its application demands some challenges, especially in choosing problems that can be modeled and in carrying out investigations.

The book tries to establish a relationship between the individual competence installed in the company and the organisation's performance. This is not an easy study to carry out in a law firm, which usually grows according to demand. In this specific case, individual competences were installed prior to the existence of legal demands in such a way that it was possible to find a relationship between these variables. A single study does not create a rule, but it does open up the possibility of new studies being conducted in search of this correlation, which could be an important contribution to knowledge-intensive companies in general.

After sixty years of French colonial rule (1893-1960), Côte d'Ivoire gained its independence on 7 August 1960, with a heterogeneous population made up of some sixty different peoples. Nothing predisposed these peoples to a "common destiny" before colonisation. During the first three decades of independence, the policy of national integration adopted by Félix Houphouët-Boigny and the traditions of these peoples fostered relative political and social stability, conducive to national unity. However, since the death of Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire has plunged into an unprecedented social fracture linked mainly to political and inter-ethnic conflicts and the coup d'état of 1999. How did this country, long recognised as a political, economic and social model in an Africa in crisis, become a veritable social fracture after the death of President Félix Houphouët-Boigny? This book invites Ivorians, then Africans and other peoples of the world, to understand the necessity of the issue of national integration in post-colonial African states, in general, and in Côte d'Ivoire, in particular.

Floods in Brazil are becoming increasingly frequent and intense, posing a challenge to populations and government officials who are facing environmental, social and technical obstacles in an attempt to reduce their impact. Many people in Brazil are exposed to conditions of vulnerability that increase the impact of floods, combining social, environmental, political, economic and cultural aspects. This characteristic of floods in vulnerable contexts makes it difficult to separate what is natural from what is social in this type of event. I dedicate this work to all the families, men and women, children and young people who have lost their relatives, their homes, their belongings and their well-being, both psychological and material, due to the floods. I hope that all the suffering they have experienced will serve as an incentive for a worldwide mobilization to rescue solidarity, human ethics and the eco-sustainable development of our planet.

The aim of this research is to compare two architectural project representation software packages, AutoCAD as an example of 2D two-dimensional representation technology and Revit as an example of BIM technology, with an emphasis on drawing execution time. After conceptualising the CAD system and the BIM system, the historical context in which these platforms developed was observed and, based on the information gathered and the interpretations of the authors cited, the hypothesis that Revit is the most efficient platform was evaluated in a practical way. Speculatively, data was collected from offices that use both technologies. If AutoCAD is the evolution of the drawing board, Revit would be the evolution of the model, understandable from all angles, modifiable according to the relationships between joint elements and comprehensible through geometry as the end result of an intelligent parametric model.

Bits and pieces of commercial rodenticide pellets arrive at the laboratory of the Paraná Institute of Criminalistics from foods such as coffee and tea. Therefore, methods for determining their active ingredients, which are mainly coumarin derivatives, are indispensable in forensic investigations. However, commercial products have a low concentration of these compounds in their composition, which makes their analysis difficult. The aim of this study was to develop a method for extracting the coumarin brodifacoum from commercial samples and determining it using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a diode array detector (DAD). The extraction was carried out at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR) Ecoville headquarters and the rest of the analysis at the chemical and biological sciences laboratory of the forensic medical institute (IML) in Curitiba. A methodology was presented for determining brodifacoum in commercial rodenticide pelleted baits that requires less than 10 mg without extensive cleaning steps. The proposed method proved to be satisfactory and is currently used by the Paraná Criminalistics Institute.

Waste management is a highly topical issue. It is the subject of numerous scientific debates and publications around the world, but it is also a subject of everyday life in an urban environment. Here, we are confronted with waste management in the home, as well as in the workplace, symbolised by the mountains of open rubbish in wastelands and certain public squares. Poor waste management leads to pollution of the natural environment and nuisance. In general, hospitals should be clean and hygienic. These two essential characteristics of the hospital can be compromised by the waste produced by medical staff during their work in the consulting room, wards, laboratory, maternity ward, etc. Poor management of this waste poses risks to human health. It is therefore in our interest to treat it appropriately in terms of handling, packaging, storage and disposal, in the light of the legislation to which nursing staff must refer.